Catch for casket-covers.



G. G. FRAZIEE.

CATCH FOR CASKET COVERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1909.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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GEORGE C. FRAZIER, F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASKET COMPANY, OE PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEVT YORK.

CATCH FOR CASKET-COVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

Application filed July 24, 1909. Serial No. 509,404.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. .FRAZIER, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Catches for Casket-Covers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away, of a casket showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the casket; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the catch, and Fig. 4c is a detail plan view of the catch.

My invention has relation to catches or fastenings for casket covers, and is designed to provide a simple and efficient device for this purpose, which can be readily applied to the coiiin or casket, and which will present a neat appearance, only a small portion of the device being visible from the exterior.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the drawing, which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts without cleparting from the spirit and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings, the numeral 2 designates the body of the coffin or casket; 3 the inner top carrying the glass 4, and 5 the outer top having the removable cover plate 6. The purpose of my invention is to provide a catch or fastening for removably securing this cover plate 6 to the outer top, one of my improved catches or fastenings A being preferably applied at each end of this removable cover plate. These catches or fasteners A, consist each of a sliding bolt 7 having a hooked nose mounted to have a limited sliding movement in a casting 8 to engage and disengage a keeper 9. The casting 8 is secured to the cover plate 6, and has therein a cylindrical open top socket 10 coincident with an opening 8 in the cover plate, in which normally rests a lifting ring 11. This lifting ring 11 has an extension 12, which is pivoted in a slotted oifset 13 of the casting. This extension also has a downwardly extending lever arm 1%, which is designed to engage the rear end of the sliding bolt 7 when the lifting ring is moved upwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

15 is a spring which is seated in a slot 16 in the casting 8, bearing at its forward end against the front wall of said slot, and at its rear end against an upwardlv ex ending lug 17 on the bolt 7, said spring normally acting in a direction to hold the bolt 7 in engagement with the keeper 9, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3. p

The keeper 9 may be of any desired form, having a slot or recess for engagement with the hooked nose of the sliding bolt.

In the drawings I have shown my invention as applied to a metallic casket, and the keeper is shown as consisting of a small stud riveted in an opening in the outer top 5, and extending through a coincident opening in the flange of the cover plate and having a slot cut in one side of its head for engagement with the hooked nose of the sliding bolt.

The operation will be readily understood, the latches being normally engaged with the keepers, as shown in Fig. 3, the cover plate 6 is securely retained in place. WVhen it is desired to remove this cover plate, the lifting rings 11 are engaged by the fingers, and moved upwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the lever extensions 14: contacting with the rear ends of the bolts, and forcing them forwardly out of engagement with the keepers, when the cover plate can then be lifted from the casket.

The device is simple and cheap in its construction. The only parts that are visible when applied to the casket are the lifting rings 11, and the extensions of the castings 8, in which said rings are pivoted.

What I claim is:

1. A fastening for casket covers, comprising a bolt having a hooked latch end slidably supported within the cover, said cover having an opening in the flange thereof, a projection on the casket arranged to enter said opening in the cover and adapted for engagement with the latch, a lifting ring having a lever extension adapted to contact with the bolt, and a socket member to which the lifting ring is pivoted, and in which it normally rests; substantially as described.

2. In a casket having a removable cover plate provided with an opening therein, a casting secured to said cover below said opening and having a socket portion, a sliding bolt seated in said casting, a lifting ring pivoted in the socket and normally resting in said socket portion, said lifting ring having a lever extension for contact with one end of the bolt, a spring seated in a slot in the casting and engaging the casting and the bolt, and a keeper on the casket top arranged to be engaged by the bolt; substantially as described.

3, A casket having a removable cover plate provided with an opening thereon a casting secured to the under side of said plate, and having a socket portion coincident with said opening, a sliding bolt having a hooked end also seated in the casting, a spring seated in the casting to operatively engage said bolt, a lifting member normally resting in the said socket portion flush with the cover plate, said member having a lever extension adapted to engage the ends of the bolt and move it against the action of said spring, said cover plate having an opening in the flange thereof and a projecting keeper fast on the casket and arranged to enter the said opening and provided with means for engagement with the hooked end of the bolt; substantially as described.

I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE o. FRAZIER.

Witnesses GEO. H. PARMELEE, H. M. CoRwIN. 

